Sonicfrog reports that some of my fellow conservative bloggers are upset that Rima Fakih “Michigan Muslim hottie has won the Miss USA Pageant“.
Now, having seen her pictures, I’m trying figure out what all the fuss is all about. She’s wearing a bikini not a burkha. And don’t Islamic radicals want women to cover it all up?
My sense (from what little I know of her) is that she is as far from the ideology of the Islamic extremists as are most Muslims in American society. This could actually be a very good thing to have her as Miss USA. Let’s wait and see. Or it could (as is most likely) just be a big ol’ nothing burger, just another pretty face with a title which gives her headlines and allows her to make public appearances.
Maybe she is dumb as a box of rocks (I have no idea I haven’t heard her speak), but if so, it just shows she has a lot in common with other winners of the title. From what little I’ve seen of her (on the web), she does carry herself very well–and has a great smile.
She defies the Islamicists who seek to oppress women like her merely by looking beautiful in a bikini and other attire which help bring out her natural beauty.
I have nothing against her winning Miss USA, honestly I don’t care one way or the other. These pageants are generally about looks and she looks pretty darn good so she probably deserved to win.
I just find it interesting that at this particular point in time the first Muslim woman wins the crown. Seems that she is being used to “improve” the image of Muslims. Did she win because she was the prettiest, the most graceful, the most charismatic or because she is Muslim?
Do all the non-Muslims declare their religions? Does the blond haired, blue eyed Texas woman declare whether she is Baptist or Catholic? Does the brown haired woman from New York declare whether she is Jew or Gentile?
I haven’t watched one of these in years. I don’t seem to remember the religion of the contestant being flashed on the screen right along side her favorite hobbies and measurements.